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authorDavid Bremner <david@tethera.net>2021-05-07 08:13:22 -0300
committerDavid Bremner <david@tethera.net>2021-05-10 11:14:57 -0300
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doc: document database.backup_dir
Most users will not need to change this, but documenting it helps preserve the interface.
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Default: For compatibility with older configurations, the value of
database.path is used if **database.mail\_root** is unset.
+**database.backup_dir**
+ Directory to store tag dumps when upgrading database.
+
+ History: this configuration value was introduced in notmuch 0.32.
+
+ Default: A sibling directory of the Xapian database called
+ `backups`.
+
**database.hook_dir**
Directory containing hooks run by notmuch commands. See